Athletics at the 1930 Women's World Games – 80 metres hurdles

The 80 metres hurdles at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, from 6-8 September 1930.

Entrants
In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the 80 metres hurdles event.

 Nationality  Name                                       
Note that there are some discrepancies with those names and the names listed in newspapers during the competition. Gold medal winner Maj Jakobsson and British Cornell are not on the published enterants overview.

Results
Heats
The heats took place on 6 September 1930.

Heat 1
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Maj Jakobsson   12.3  Q 2  Ursula Birkholz   12.4  Q 3  Maryla Freiwald      Q ?    

Heat 2
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Michi Nakanishi    12.1   Q 2  Ondina Valla   13.4  Q 3  Jacqueline Laudré   13.4  Q? ?    

Heat 3
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Gerda Pirch   12.4  Q 2  Muriel Cornell   13  Q 3  Helmi Singer    13.2  Q? ?    

Heat 4
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Jacqueline Combernoux   13.2  Q 2  Anna Kael   13.6  Q 3  Mathilde Puchberger   13.7  Q? ?    

Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place on Sunday 7 September, with bad weather conditions. The top two athletes of each semi-final qualified for the final.

Semi-final 1
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Maj Jakobsson   13  Q 2  Muriel Cornell   13.4   Q 3  Ondina Valla    

Semi-final 2
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Ursula Birkholz   13.2  Q 2  Michi Nakanishi    14.6   Q 3  Kael Anna  

Semi-final 3
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes 1  Gerda Pirch   14  Q 2  Maryla Freiwald    14.2   Q 3  Jacqueline Comternoux   

Final
8 September
Rank  Name  Nationality  Time  Notes   Maj Jakobsson    12.4    Gerda Pirch    12.7    Ursula Birkholz    12.7   4  Maryla Freiwald   12.8   5 Michi Nakanishi      6  Muriel Cornell     

Sources:

Related pages
Athletics at the Olympics of Grace – 80 metres hurdles

References

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